Wednesday, 25 June 2014

With over 100 liquor outlets in the Mangere Otahuhu area
alone it is no surprise that members of the Mangere community were outraged
that a liquor licence was granted to a premises opposite a local school. The
community responded with a 200 strong demonstration outside Southern Cross
campus. Community leaders emphasised that there was very little public consultation
by the licensing authorities. Liquor outlets are far more prevalent in working
class areas such as Mangere and Otahuhu while being less prominent in more
affluent areas where those responsible for issuing liquor licences usually live.
As such very little thought is given to the impact that cheap easily accessible
liquor has on working class communities where liquor in some places is sold alongside
basic commodities such as bread and milk.

The negative impact of having a Liquor outlet opposite a
school is twofold first of all students are exposed to liquor advertising as
the pass the outlet and secondly older students are likely to skip school and acquire
Liquor directly or indirectly (south Auckland liquor outlets are notorious for
selling to under-age customers.)

The major issue here is local democracy community members
need to have the power to stop commercial endeavours can have a negative impact
on the well-being of community members such decisions must be in the hands of
those who will be exposed to the negative effects of increased access to liquor
and should not be left in the hands of a small elite from outside the
community.

Friday, 13 June 2014

Phil
Goff is a Red Tory with more asset sales under his belt than the Bolger
and Key governments combined. he supports Imperialist "free" trade deals
and Imperialist slaughter in the middle east. he is responsible for the
crippling financial burden that keeps many working class people of my
generation from accessing quality tertiary education and adequate
accommodation. he owns a high value rural property
and public admitted during the 2011 election that he benefited greatly
from the 2010 tax cuts. as a Mount Roskill voter I can't in good
conscience vote for such person as I feel the very act of voting for
Goff would be an insult to all the people who have been negativity
effected by policies introduced to Aotearoa by the right wing of the
labour party I am aware that first past the post politics that still
exists within the electorates requires you to vote for the major party
closest to your own (in terms of policy) in order to stop the other
major party from wining the electorate but I simply feel that voting for
any right wing candidate regardless of political party is an act of
betrayal. Instead I will vote for the most Left Wing candidate who
stands for the Electorate because I that two party electorate politics
is a distraction from the party vote that allows for diversity within
parliament and renders the electorate contests as a pointless
distraction that is essentially a relic of the dark age parliaments of
England. It is my belief that John Minto of the Mana movement is the
only suitable left wing candidate and I will vote for him regardless of
the consequences to Phil Goffs campaign because a right wing candidate
should be opposed by the left regardless of party.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Updated 8/6/14
Banks may have resigned but National and Act should never be allowed to forget that they allowed this crook into their ranks. lets bring down the government and consign the Act party to the pages of history.

John Banks has been found guilty of electoral fraud but remains a siting MP for the Act party a group that is known for a tough anti crime stance perhaps it's time they amended their key slogan here is a suggestion.